14 DAY TRIAL // There is no way someone will not make the connection between the famous creature from the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and a ring, after his entire performance in the movie revolved around the “precious” and malefic piece of jewelry.
Police officers from Solihull decided to use this to their advantage and when they came upon a ring – presumably stolen, they photoshopped a photo of Gollum and posted it on their Twitter page stating the fact that they were looking for the rightful owner of “my precious.”
They first announced the finding of the ring with a simple post and a photo of the object, “we are trying to reunite this precious ring with it’s rightful owner, do you recognize it?” But when they saw that the standard approach didn't help, they became creative, notes ITV.
Solihull Police turned the “Lord of the Rings” character into a tough kind-of-gangsta individual wearing a Burberry cap, a big gold chain and a huge ring on his finger. “We're looking for the rightful owner of the suspected stolen ring, already had to turn this man away,” the caption of the photo read.
Officers believed the ring may have been stolen a few days ago and they were just trying to return it to the victim. In case they haven't found the owner yet, at least their method worked to spread the word as the post was retweeted and shared on numerous social media sites.
As bizarre as it may seem, there are other precincts that joined in the process of using their social media to try and stimulate people to admit to their crimes online. Leicester Police and Solihull Police shared a hilarious tweet saying “Not a scam: If you've committed a burglary in the area within the last week – come to our police station & claim a FREE iPad.”
Later on Solihull Police added that, in addition to the free iPad for burglars, everyone who came to the police station and brought proof of their crime in the next 24 hours would receive a special holiday. Some may say that instead of fighting crime they were kind of encouraging it, do one small misdemeanor and you get rewarded, with an iPad.